“Ministers living in church-owned parsonages may also incur housing expenses beyond their designated allowance. Churches should consider amending the allowance to cover these additional expenses for the remainder of the year.” - C.Leaders
Churches Still Depend on Clergy Housing Allowance
“Despite recent legal cases and reports of greedy abuses, experts say the longstanding benefit remains safe.” - C.Today
10 Housing Allowance Tips for Ministers: What Ministers and Churches Need to Know
“When understood and implemented fully, this can be a lifelong tax advantage for all ministers. Unfortunately, there’s still a lot of misunderstanding about how it works. Here are the basics of what you need to know” - C. Leaders
Your housing allowance is safe for the forseeable future
“The group that brought the federal lawsuit against the cash version of the clergy housing allowance has decided not to appeal the unanimous Federal Appeals Court ruling that upheld the thing. They have a clever title to this news: Appeals Court Blesses Housing Allowance.” - SBC Voices
Why do pastors receive a tax exemption for housing?
“To answer the question we must first consider how taxation of church property, including clergy housing, has historically been considered.” - Acton Institute
Seventh Circuit rules Clergy Housing Allowance is constitutional, despite challenge by Freedom from Religion Foundation.
“For the second time, a popular tax break for pastors has been judged permissible under the US Constitution, despite efforts by an atheist legal group to prove otherwise.” - Christianity Today
Update on the Minister’s Housing Allowance
“This time, the trial court … declared the housing allowance unconstitutional. This ruling has been appealed, and arguments are currently being made before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.” - GARBC.org